With the arrival of winter vacations 2025, Buenos Aires offers a wide variety of free activities and tours perfect to enjoy with the family. Know exactly what to do this July with these free plans and cheap winter vacation activities. Don’t overspend!
1. Travel in Time on the Caballito Historical Tramway
The Historic Tramway of Buenos Aires is a little gem in Caballito. It is free, you can find it on weekends and it allows you to relive the experience of traveling by streetcar as it was done until 1963. These restored streetcars run through some of the most beautiful streets of Caballito. Free winter vacation plans for the whole family? Ideal.
📍Meeting point: Emilio Mitre 500
⏰Saturdays and Sundays from 3pm to 7pm.
👉Free activity
2. Discover the free concerts at the Amphitheater for children.
The amphitheater of Parque Centenario always has a wide program for the winter vacations. There you will be able to see plays and many concerts, each show is always free but you have to book your ticket on the amphitheater’s IG profile. And if you attend, remember to be there 30 minutes before.
If you’re looking for free events and activities during the winter vacations, the Anfi has to be in your sights.
📍Leopoldo Marechal and Lillo Av.
3. Take them to the Buenos Aires ball fields.
If this winter vacations 2025 you end up in a fast food restaurant, you may not want to spend more than what your little ones are going to eat. If you want to save money but don’t want to spare them fun, make sure you take them to the ones with a ball pit. They can play as much as they want and it is one of the free plans for this vacation with kids that you can consider.
4. Do you know the Railway Museum?
It is located in Retiro and you will be able to get on an old locomotive, go through cars, get on and be asked for your ticket (besides buying it at a ticket office, like more than a century ago). If your kids love trains, this museum is almost a must for this winter vacations 2025 because it is also free.
Buenos Aires Railway Museum
📍405 Libertador Ave.
📅 The museum of the trains of Buenos Aires is open every day (including weekends) from 10am to 8pm.
👉 Tickets: $2500 Argentinean. $5000 extrabjeros. CUD and railway card free.
5. Free theater for children
There are two cultural centers in Buenos Aires that always have free plays in their regular program. During the winter vacations, all the theater program is dedicated to children. The cultural centers where you will find excellent free plans for these winter vacations 2025 if you are looking for theater and plays are the Palacio Libertad and the Centro Cultural Borges.
Palacio Libertad 📍Sarmiento 151
Centro Cultural Borges 📍Viamonte 525
6. Free movies in Buenos Aires: Yes!
Unbelievable but real, in Buenos Aires there are places where you can see excellent movies for free and in super comfortable theaters with giant screens. The Centro Cultural Recoleta, La Biblioteca Del Congreso and the Museo de Bellas Artes always have film seasons and many of them, horror and science fiction, ideal for older children or teenagers. This winter vacations you will be able to take the kids to see a lot of movies for free and spend only if you want to.
7. Free immersive experiences at Palacio Libertad
The Palacio Libertad, former CCK, is one of the few free places in the city with an immersive theater. Every month it usually renews its programming but you will always find an immersive experience perfect to enjoy with the family. Ideal for vacations and any long weekend or free day you have and do not know what to do with children in Buenos Aires.
Palacio Libertad 📍Sarmiento 151
8. Rock for kids at Usina del Arte
If you are looking for free activities for kids this winter vacations 2025 the Usina del Arte has to be one of your places. Every July the Usina offers many activities for children and among them, many rock concerts with bands and musicians that create perfect melodies to make the kids dance. The Usina also always has workshops and educational activities and very interesting exhibitions to visit with children.
Usina del Arte📍A. Caffarena 1. La Boca
8. Free movies, workshops and more at Centro Cultural Recoleta.
During the winter vacations, the Centro Cultural Recoleta transforms itself with free activities for the whole family. The programming includes theater, music, workshops, cinema and performative tours that combine art, play and urban exploration.
🎭 Theater, music and circus for children.
Every day at 5 pm at the Chapel, children’s clown shows, musical theater and live bands are presented. Highlights include “Sopa de payasos”, “Coté en concierto” (ideal for children from 2 to 7 years old), “Mecache Rock” with its children’s rock proposal, and the musical tribute to María Elena Walsh “Amores o no amores”. All shows are with free admission, on a first come, first served basis.
🎨 Creative workshops and animated films
At 3 pm in the Drawing Room, workshops invite you to experiment with art from different cultures: Korean kites, illustrated Portuguese sardines, 3D dragons, and characters with animated eyes. In addition, the film series offers Korean and Portuguese animated shorts, with screenings every day at 4 pm. Tickets to the cinema are free but require prior reservation at the Entradas BA website.
📍Junin 1930
9. Free activities and games at El Solar de la Abadía
This winter vacations, El Solar de la Abadía offers free experiences for children, with activities designed to enjoy with the family in the new children’s space “Cubo”, on the Cube Level of the shopping mall.
🧸 Bluey Space
From July 21 to August 3, from 2pm to 6pm, the little ones can immerse themselves in the Bluey universe. In partnership with the toy store Osito Azul, themed games and free activities for boys and girls are offered. Admission is free and without reservation.
🎯 Games, cards and lots of fun.
From July 23 to August 1, from 3 to 7 pm, you will find at the Solar de la Abadía a kermesse-style Post Game with stations such as Tiro al Blanco, Pescamagic and Laberinto, as well as four-way Scalextric, table footballs, a glitter sector and a roulette wheel with surprise prizes. All the proposals are free admission on a first-come, first-served basis.
Solar de la Abadia📍Av. Luis María Campos 901